The Durango Kid Collection

The Durango Kid

6.2

1940

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The first film in which Charles Starrett played an alter-ego character known as \The Durango Kid\ but this entry, for all intents and purposes, has only the names of Starrett and \Durango\ in common with the long (long, long) \Durango Kid\ series Starrett starred in from late-1944, beginning with \The Return of the Durango Kid\ until 1952. Rancher Sam Lowry is killed by Mace Ballard because he learned that Ballards men are waging war against the homesteaders. Ballard blames the killing on \The Durango Kid\, a a mysterious frontier Robin Hood friendly to the homesteaders. This accusation makes Bill Lowry more than a little suspicious of Ballard for, unknown to anyone, he is the Durango Kid, a role he has assumed in order to fight against the Ballard gang. When Ballards men raid the Ben Winslow homestead, they are driven off by Bill and his ranch hands but not before the home is burned and the cattle scattered. Taking a shine to Winslows daughter, Nancy, Bill masks himself as \Durango\, strips Ballard of all his cash and gives it to the homesteaders. Ballard has U. S. Marshal Trayboe post a reward for \Durango\, and Trayboe, wiser than Ballard gives him credit for, makes Bill a deputy charged with bringing \Durango\ in. The Kid keeps taking money from Ballard and giving it to the homesteaders that have been burned out and hiding in Hidden Valley. Ballard kidnaps Nancy and sets a trap for Bill, whom he now suspects is \Durango\. But, with the help of Marshal Trayboe, Bill escapes and kills Ballard, who boasted in front of Bill that he has killed the elder Lowry, in a gunfight. Bill Lowry officially retires as \The Durango Kid\ and settles in on his fathers ranch with Nancy,

Lawless Empire

6.2

1945

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A band of raiders are about to run the Murphys off of their homestead when they are stopped by the Rev. Harding and his sister Vicky. Gang leader Duke Flinders is about to shoot Harding when the Durango Kid appears and runs off the outlaws. Steve Ransom is persuaded by the townspeople to beome their Marshal. He soon learns that saloon owner Blaze Howard and Doc Weston are behind the raids and plot to gain the homesteads.

Blazing Across the Pecos

6.4

1948

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The Durango Kid and Marshal Smiley Burnette complicate a corrupt mayor and his henchmans efforts to take over a town.

Trail of the Rustlers

6.3

1950

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Widow Mahoney, the best cook in town and hotel proprietor , along with her larcenous sons, is trying to take control of the towns water supply so she can acquire the valley ranchland cheaply.

Snake River Desperadoes

6.9

1951

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Hatching a scheme to sell rifles to the Indians as a protection against the white settlers, Jim Haverly (Monte Blue) works both sides against the middle by having his henchmen masquerade as Indians and raid the settlers. With the ranchers preparing for retribution against the Indians, Haverlys plan is working well until Steve Reynolds/The Durango Kid (Charles Starrett) shows up and, with the aid of a young white boy (Tommy Ivo) and his young Indian friend (Don Reynolds), and his bumbling sidekick Smiley (Smiley Burnette), begins the process of uncovering the actual villains.

Pecos River

6.8

1951

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Utilizing his past as a former outlaw and his secret identity as the Durango Kid, postal inspector Steve Baldwin goes undercover to arrest the three highwayman who murdered lovable old driver Old Henry.

Smoky Canyon

6

1952

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The Durango Kid tries to help a man framed for murder and stop a range war between sheepmen and cattlemen.

The Hawk of Wild River

5.9

1952

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Steve Martin (Charles Starrett)is sent to Wild River to recover stolen gold and finds the town is being terrorized by The Hawk (Clayton Moore) and his outlaw gang. The Hawk attempts to murder Sheriff Jack Mahoney (Jock Mahoney) and is captured and jailed. Steve helps the Hawk break jail and thus makes contact with the bandit gang. He sends a bungling photographer, Smiley Burnette (Smiley Burnette), to warn the sheriff that the gang plan to rob the express office.